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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who named Cape Foulweather?
(a) Captain James Cook.
(b) Captain Lewis.
(c) Captain Clark.
(d) Black Elk.

2. What phrase does Black Elk use in The Sacred Pipe that stuns William because he thought he had coined the phrase?
(a) Mute looking glass.
(b) Blue road.
(c) Ruled by his senses.
(d) Ancient rites of man.

3. What does William have to do with Ghost Dancing in Grand Forks, North Dakota?
(a) Replace the windshield.
(b) Have the water pump repaired.
(c) Fill up the gas tank.
(d) Fix a flat tire.

4. Who takes William on a walking tour of Smith Island?
(a) James.
(b) Alice.
(c) Kerry.
(d) Robert.

5. What is the natural wonder that stands 300 feet high on the northern Oregon coast?
(a) Haystack Rock.
(b) Sandstone Rocks.
(c) Fairy Mountain.
(d) Flowerpot Rocks.

6. What does William realize his journey resembles when he traces it on a map?
(a) Small circle.
(b) Hopi design carved into a stone.
(c) Star shape.
(d) Triangle.

7. Who is staying in the dorm the night William sleeps at a university in Michigan?
(a) Student.
(b) Security guard.
(c) Basketball player.
(d) Insurance salesman.

8. How does Pete make his living?
(a) Selling hardware.
(b) Fixing automobiles.
(c) Banking.
(d) Light farming.

9. Where does William meet Marion Horner Robie?
(a) Melvin Village, New Hampshire.
(b) Boston, Massachusetts.
(c) Providence, Rhode Island.
(d) Springfield, Vermont.

10. What is Alba Bartholomew doing in Pitt, Washington?
(a) Painting landscapes.
(b) Singing in a band.
(c) Hang gliding.
(d) Lecturing on environmental issues.

11. Where does William spend the night on Smith Island?
(a) In a tent in a backyard.
(b) Nice hotel.
(c) In his van.
(d) Rooming house.

12. What does William help Scott build while he visits him?
(a) Stone retaining wall.
(b) Greenhouse.
(c) Fence.
(d) Barn.

13. How does William describe Cape Porpoise, Maine?
(a) Messy and run down.
(b) Urban and sophisticated.
(c) White picket fence village.
(d) Suburban paradise.

14. What kind of town is Gassaway, West Virginia?
(a) Artist retreat.
(b) Modern.
(c) Old railroad town.
(d) Resort town.

15. What did Sacajawea ask Lewis and Clark to bring her to see on the Oregon coast?
(a) Turtles.
(b) Beached whale.
(c) Cliffs.
(d) Dolphins.

Short Answer Questions

1. What weather does William say causes "Oregon blues"?

2. What coastal town does William find has changed--and not for the better--since his years in the navy?

3. Where does William sleep the first night he is in West Virginia?

4. What is the Algonquian name for the river that means "white shining"?

5. How does William travel from the Adirondacks in New York to the state of Vermont?

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